Genesis 39:18
16 So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.
17 Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
20 So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
- KJV
- And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
- WEB
- and as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside.”
- ASV
- and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.
- DARBY
- and it came to pass as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled forth.
- BLB
- And it came to pass as I lifted up my voice and cried out, that he left his garment beside me and he fled outside.”
- ÅB
- men da jeg satte i å rope, lot han sin kappe etter seg hos meg og flyktet ut av huset.
- OTB
- Men så snart jeg hevet stemmen og skrek, lot han kappen bli ved siden av meg og flyktet ut.»
- B1930
- men da jeg satte i å rope, lot han sin kappe efter sig hos mig og flyktet ut av huset.